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1.

DUAL MOTION FIELDS FOR CODING GEOMETRY AND ATTRIBUTES OF A POINT CLOUD

      
Application Number US2024037831
Publication Number 2025/015282
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-12
Publication Date 2025-01-16
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Lasserre, Sébastien
  • Taquet, Jonathan

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are described for determining and/or coding geometry and attribute information of a point cloud frame associated with content. The attribute information associated with a reconstructed geometry of a point cloud frame may be coded (e.g., encoded and/or decoded) based on attribute motion vectors associated with the point cloud frame. The attribute motion vectors may be used to determine an attribute motion-compensated point cloud frame.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding

2.

CODING POINT CLOUD ATTRIBUTES

      
Application Number US2024037806
Publication Number 2025/015275
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-12
Publication Date 2025-01-16
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Taquet, Jonathan
  • Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are described for determining and/or coding attribute information in a point cloud frame. The attribute information may be encoded based on one or more attribute predictors. The attribute predictors may be determined based on projecting attributes of a reference point cloud frame onto a geometry of a current point cloud frame. The same attribute predictors may be omitted from the encoded bitstream and generated by a decode.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding

3.

TRISOUP GRID ALIGNMENT

      
Application Number US2024024876
Publication Number 2024/220467
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-17
Publication Date 2024-10-24
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are described for determining and/or coding vertex information. Point cloud information, for example, associated with content, may be determined, for example, predicted. A first plurality of cuboids, for example to code a point cloud, may be coded, for example, based on a second plurality of cuboids. The first plurality of cuboids and the second plurality of cuboids may be aligned. The first plurality of cuboids and the second plurality of cuboids may be aligned, for example, to a three-dimensional (3D) grid. The vertex information may be determined and/or coded, for example, based on previously-coded vertex information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding

4.

CODING TRISOUP VERTEX INFORMATION

      
Application Number US2024024921
Publication Number 2024/220491
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-17
Publication Date 2024-10-24
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are described for determining and/or coding vertex information. Point cloud information (e.g., of a point cloud associated with content) may be predicted. A first plurality of cuboids of a point cloud may, for example, be coded based on a second plurality of cuboids of a reference point cloud. Vertex information of the second plurality of cuboids may be used to code vertex information of the first plurality of cuboids.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding

5.

CENTROID POSITIONING FOR VOXELIZING TRIANGLES IN POINT CLOUD CODING

      
Application Number US2024024248
Publication Number 2024/216018
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-12
Publication Date 2024-10-17
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

A centroid and a plurality of points associated with a cuboid may form triangles to represent a portion of a point cloud, which represents an object or scene in content. Variations in the positions of points in the cuboid may shift the centroid's position, which may cause potential distortion. Optimizing the centroid's position, based on weighted points associated with the cuboid, may improve compression performance and rendering.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding

6.

CANDIDATE CELL RESOURCE SWITCHING AND TIMER OPERATION

      
Application Number US2024023273
Publication Number 2024/211713
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-05
Publication Date 2024-10-10
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi

Abstract

A wireless device may initiate a random access procedure for a cell. The wireless device may not receive a random access response. If the random access procedure is initiated on a serving cell, the wireless device may stop a bandwidth part inactivity timer of the cell and switch an active bandwidth part of the cell. However, if the random access procedure is initiated on a candidate cell, the wireless device may improve efficiency by not stopping a bandwidth part inactivity timer of the cell and/or by not switching an active bandwidth part of the cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 74/0833 - Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

7.

NETWORK ENERGY SAVING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT

      
Application Number US2024022151
Publication Number 2024/206763
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-29
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Prasad, Gautham
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Park, Kyungmin
  • Kim, Taehun

Abstract

Wireless devices may communicate with a base station via cells. A wireless device may notify the base station whether the wireless device supports a power saving operation. The wireless device, based on the notification, may be enabled or activated for the power saving operation.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/02 - Power saving arrangements
  • H04W 76/28 - Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

8.

LOGICAL CHANNEL PRIORITIZATION FOR REPORTING DELAY INFORMATION

      
Application Number US2024016206
Publication Number 2024/173829
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-16
Publication Date 2024-08-22
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Khoshkholgh Dashtaki, Mohammad Ghadir
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Tsai, Hsin-Hsi
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk

Abstract

One or more methods, apparatuses, computer-readable storage mediums, and systems for reporting delay information. One or more wireless devices may communicate with a base station in a wireless network. Logical channel configuration parameters may be used to trigger a reporting procedure in the one or more wireless devices. A report (e.g., reporting delay information) may be generated and sent to the base station based on the logical channel configuration parameters.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
  • H04W 72/566 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on priority criteria of the information or information source or recipient

9.

WIRELESS RESOURCE USAGE REPORTING

      
Application Number US2024016256
Publication Number 2024/173860
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-16
Publication Date 2024-08-22
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Tsai, Hsin-Hsi
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Hui, Bing
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Khoshkholgh Dashtaki, Mohammad Ghadir

Abstract

One or more wireless devices may be configured with resources for transmission. The resources may comprise configured grant transmission occasions for uplink transmission. At least one of the configured grant transmission occasions may not be used by a wireless device. An indication of one or more configured grant transmission occasions that are used, and/or that are not used, by the wireless device may be provided to a base station.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

10.

PARAMETRIZATION FOR VOXELIZING TRIANGLES IN POINT CLOUD CODING

      
Application Number US2024015751
Publication Number 2024/173518
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-14
Publication Date 2024-08-22
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

TriSoup triangles may be used to model a point cloud. Some points may be missed when modeling the point cloud. Missed points may be recovered by identifying points that are contained within one or more extensions of a TriSoup triangle. One or more parameters may be used for voxelizing the one or more extensions of the triangle. Instead of using a fixed value for parameters for all point clouds or portions of a point cloud, one or more of parameters may be determined based on local characteristics of a triangle. By dynamically determining parameters, consistency of voxelizing triangles may be achieved, and/or a visual quality of decoded point cloud data may be improved.

IPC Classes  ?

11.

EARLY CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING

      
Application Number US2024014932
Publication Number 2024/168108
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-08
Publication Date 2024-08-15
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Kim, Taehun
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk

Abstract

A wireless device may perform a handover from one cell to another. The wireless device may perform channel state information measurement and/or reporting for one or more candidate cells. Reference signal configuration information indicating synchronization signal blocks associated with candidate cells, for example, for a reference signal received power measurement, may be received by the wireless device. A reference signal received power report may be transmitted by the wireless device, and based on the reference signal received power measurement, the wireless device may switch to a candidate cell as the primary cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/00 - Handoff or reselecting arrangements

12.

MULTIPLEXING CONTROL INFORMATION FOR CONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS RESOURCES

      
Application Number US2024013129
Publication Number 2024/159108
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-26
Publication Date 2024-08-02
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Khoshkholgh Dashtaki, Mohammad Ghadir
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Tsai, Hsin-Hsi

Abstract

A wireless device may communicate with a base station. A message from the base station may indicate one or more occasions for the wireless device to transmit and/or receive data and/or control information. The wireless device may use uplink control information to inform the base station whether one or more occasions are unused. The message may indicate if/whether such uplink control information is allowed to be multiplexed into an occasion and/or an offset value associated with such multiplexing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/1607 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals - Details of the supervisory signal
  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end

13.

VOXELIZATION ENHANCEMENT OF TRISOUP TRIANGLES

      
Application Number US2024011647
Publication Number 2024/155609
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-16
Publication Date 2024-07-25
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

TriSoup triangles may be used to model a point cloud. Some points may be missed when modeling the point cloud using Tri Soup triangles. Missed points may be recovered by identifying points that are contained within a thickness of a TriSoup triangle (e.g., a volumetric area above and below the Tri Soup triangle). The recovered points found within a thickness of the Tri Soup triangles may be voxelized to ensure continuity of the triangle-based modeling between TriSoup triangles.

IPC Classes  ?

14.

REDUCED MEMORY CODING

      
Application Number US2024010991
Publication Number 2024/151699
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-10
Publication Date 2024-07-18
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

One or more methods, apparatuses, computer-readable storage mediums, and systems for implementing coding techniques to reduce the quantity of possible occupancy configurations for a neighborhood of a sub-cuboid. A limitation for implementing such coding techniques may be a large memory footprint. The memory footprint may be reduced by using a simplified tree structure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • G06T 9/40 - Tree coding, e.g. quadtree, octree
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding
  • H04N 19/96 - Tree coding, e.g. quad-tree coding

15.

ADVERTISEMENT EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT

      
Application Number CN2022141997
Publication Number 2024/138316
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-12-26
Publication Date 2024-07-04
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Xu, Kan
  • Zhang, Wenyuan
  • Zhang, Xue
  • Wang, Qiang
  • Su, Yun

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for adjusted exposure threshold values. Each user may be associated with one or more of a plurality of exposure threshold values. Exposure threshold values may be modified based on one or more viewing statistics.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

16.

MOTION COMPENSATION BASED NEIGHBORHOOD CONFIGURATION FOR TRISOUP VERTEX INFORMATION

      
Application Number US2023085123
Publication Number 2024/137802
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-20
Publication Date 2024-06-27
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

An encoder and/or a decoder may code visual data, based on a motion compensated point cloud. For example, the encoder and/or the decoder may determine one or more symbols of a neighborhood configuration of a current edge based at least on the motion compensated point cloud. The encoder and/or the decoder may code (e.g., arithmetic code) vertex information of the current edge based on a context (or probability model). The context (or probability model) may be selected using, for example, a look up table, based on the neighborhood configuration. The neighborhood configuration may be a reduced configuration that may represent a subset of symbols of a whole neighborhood configuration.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction
  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

17.

MOTION COMPENSATION BASED NEIGHBORHOOD CONFIGURATION FOR TRISOUP CENTROID INFORMATION

      
Application Number US2023085777
Publication Number 2024/138172
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-22
Publication Date 2024-06-27
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

One or more methods, apparatuses, computer-readable storage mediums, and systems for entropy coding vertex information of an edge in a voxelized space of a point cloud are disclosed. Symbols of a neighborhood configuration of a current edge may be determined based on one or more already coded edges. The already coded edges may be selected from a spatial topology of edges. The use of a motion-compensated point cloud for coding centroid residual values may enhance interframe correlation used for determining a context or probability model. This increased correlation may improve the selection of coders, leading to enhanced compression of centroid residual values.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

18.

REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEPTION USING REFERENCE CELLS

      
Application Number US2023084080
Publication Number 2024/130004
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-14
Publication Date 2024-06-20
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi

Abstract

A wireless device may communicate with a base station via a channel of a cell. Properties of the channel may be assessed based on a reference signal. The reference signal may be indicated by a transmission configuration indication state, which may be determined based on a list of transmission configuration indication states configured for the cell and/or for a reference cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

19.

CODING VERTEX INFORMATION OF A POINT CLOUD

      
Application Number US2023082561
Publication Number 2024/123804
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-05
Publication Date 2024-06-13
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

One or more methods, apparatuses, computer-readable storage mediums, and systems for entropy coding vertex information of an edge in a voxelized space of a point cloud are disclosed. Symbols of a neighborhood configuration of a current edge may be determined based on one or more already coded edges. The already coded edges may be selected from a spatial topology of edges or its subset. An index indicating an appropriate context or probability model for a given occupancy configuration for a neighborhood of a current edge may be retrieved.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding
  • G06T 9/40 - Tree coding, e.g. quadtree, octree

20.

CONTEXT MODELING FOR SIGN AND MAGNITUDE PREDICTION

      
Application Number US2023083242
Publication Number 2024/124211
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-08
Publication Date 2024-06-13
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Filippov, Alexey Konstantinovich
  • Rufitskiy, Vasily Alexeevich
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi

Abstract

A probability model may be selected based on an indication of whether a magnitude symbol of a block vector difference (BVD) matches a magnitude symbol of a BVD predictor. The determined probability model may be used to decode indications of whether other magnitude symbols of the BVD match other magnitude symbols of the BVD predictor. The magnitude of the BVD may be determined using the values of the magnitude symbols of the BVD predictor and the indications of whether the magnitude symbols of the BVD match the magnitude symbols of the BVD predictor.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

21.

FLIPPED TEMPLATES FOR RECONSTRUCTION-REORDERED INTRA BLOCK COPY

      
Application Number US2023081361
Publication Number 2024/118613
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-11-28
Publication Date 2024-06-06
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Rufitskiy, Vasily Alexeevich
  • Filippov, Alexey Konstantinovich
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi

Abstract

A current block may be encoded/decoded based on a reference block flipped relative to the current block. An indication of whether a value of a parameter (e.g., a block vector difference) indicating the reference block matches a value of a predictor for the parameter (e.g., a block vector difference predictor) may be entropy encoded. The predictor may be selected from among a plurality of candidates based on costs associated with the plurality of candidates associated with candidate reference blocks. The cost of each candidate may be based on comparisons between a template of a current block and templates of the candidate reference blocks, where the templates of the candidate reference blocks have a shape flipped relative to that of the current block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

22.

IMPROVED PREDICTION WITH LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION

      
Application Number US2023080360
Publication Number 2024/108169
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-11-17
Publication Date 2024-05-23
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Filippov, Alexey Konstantinovich
  • Rufitskiy, Vasily Alexeevich
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi

Abstract

A current block to be encoded and candidate reference block templates may be determined from the same picture. A bitstream may include an indication of whether to use local illumination compensation (LIC) on the current block. Based on the indication, differences between the current block and the candidate reference blocks may be determined. Based on the differences, a reference block may be determined, and a prediction of the current block may be made based on the indication and the difference between the current block and the reference block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

23.

BLOCK VECTOR DIFFERENCE (BVD) INDICATION WITH REDUCED OVERHEAD

      
Application Number US2023079111
Publication Number 2024/102826
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-11-08
Publication Date 2024-05-16
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Ruiz Coll, Damian
  • Warudkar, Vikas
  • Lee, Jung Kyung

Abstract

Encoding and/or decoding a block of a video frame may be based on a previously decoded reference block in the same frame or in a different frame. The reference block may be indicated by a block vector (BV). The BV may be encoded as difference (e.g., block vector difference (BVD)) between a block vector predictor (BVP) and the BV. The BVP may comprise a null component, for example, based on the BV comprising a null component. Signaling overhead may be reduced by indicating whether the BV comprises a null component and/or a direction of the null component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

24.

CELL SWITCHING

      
Application Number US2023036703
Publication Number 2024/097358
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-11-02
Publication Date 2024-05-10
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Kim, Taehun
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Xu, Jian
  • Park, Kyungmin
  • Latheef, Fasil Abdul

Abstract

A wireless device may switch from a source cell to a target cell after receiving a cell switch command. The wireless device may determine whether to perform a reset and/or recovery procedure based on whether the source cell and the target cell are in a same cell group. One or more configuration parameters may be used to indicate whether to perform a reset and/or recovery procedure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/00 - Handoff or reselecting arrangements
  • H04W 36/18 - Performing reselection for specific purposes for allowing seamless reselection, e.g. soft reselection
  • H04W 80/02 - Data link layer protocols

25.

BEAM MANAGEMENT IN MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINTS

      
Application Number US2023036745
Publication Number 2024/097386
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-11-03
Publication Date 2024-05-10
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi

Abstract

A wireless device may communicate with a base station. A simultaneous transmission configuration indication update (e.g., TCI update) cell list may be provided for a group of cells. The wireless device may switch from a multiple transmission/reception point mode (e.g., multi-TRP mode) to a single-transmission/reception point mode, for example, if the wireless device receives a control command indicating activation of a transmission configuration indication state for one or more transmission/reception points of a plurality of transmission/reception points of a cell in a simultaneous transmission configuration indication update list. The wireless device may switch from a multiple transmission/reception point mode to a single transmission/reception point mode, for example, if a second cell in the simultaneous transmission configuration indication update list is not served by at least one of the one or more transmission/reception points.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station

26.

DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING FOR FAST CELL SWITCHING

      
Application Number US2023036085
Publication Number 2024/091644
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-27
Publication Date 2024-05-02
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Prasad, Gautham

Abstract

A wireless device may communicate via one or more cells. Cell switching may cause the wireless device to switch from communicating via a serving cell to communicating via a target serving cell. Information for triggering a random access via a candidate serving cell may indicate to acquire early time alignment for the candidate serving cell. The information may indicate whether or not to monitor a channel for a response to a preamble transmission to the candidate serving cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/24 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters
  • H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements

27.

EARLY TIME ALIGNMENT ACQUISITION FOR FAST CELL SWITCHING

      
Application Number US2023035606
Publication Number 2024/086336
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-20
Publication Date 2024-04-25
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Prasad, Gautham
  • Kim, Taehun
  • Xu, Jian
  • Latheef, Fasil Abdul
  • Tsai, Hsin-Hsi

Abstract

A wireless device may communicate via one or more cells. A cell switching command may be used to indicate cell switching for the wireless device. Before the cell switching command is sent/received, an early time alignment acquisition may be performed. A deactivated initial uplink bandwidth part may be used to transmit the preamble. A cell switching command may be used to activate the (deactivated) initial uplink bandwidth part of the candidate cell. After being activated, the initial uplink bandwidth part may be used for uplink signal transmission via the cell.

IPC Classes  ?

28.

ENHANCED EDGE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR CODING VERTEX INFORMATION

      
Application Number US2023035507
Publication Number 2024/086276
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-19
Publication Date 2024-04-25
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Lasserre, Sébastien

Abstract

One or more methods, apparatuses, computer-readable storage mediums, and systems for entropy coding vertex information of an edge in a voxelized space of a point cloud are disclosed. Symbols of a neighborhood configuration of a current edge may be determined based on one or more already coded edges. The already coded edges may be selected from a spatial topology of edges or its subset. A lookup table may be used to retrieve an index for a given occupancy configuration for a neighborhood of a current edge. The index may indicate an appropriate context or probability model. Based on the coding of the current edge, the lookup table may be updated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

29.

BLOCK VECTOR DIFFERENCE (BVD) INDICATION WITH REDUCED OVERHEAD

      
Application Number US2023034945
Publication Number 2024/081315
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-11
Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Ruiz Coll, Damian
  • Warudkar, Vikas
  • Lee, Jung Kyung

Abstract

Encoding and/or decoding a block of a video frame may be based on a previously decoded reference block in the same frame or in a different frame. The reference block may be indicated by a block vector (BV). The BV may be encoded as difference (e.g., block vector difference (BVD)) between a block vector predictor (BVP) and the BV. The BVP may comprise a null component, for example, based on the BV comprising a null component. Signaling overhead may be reduced by indicating a difference between non-null components of the BVP and the BV.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

30.

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MANAGING A MULTIPATH CONNECTION

      
Application Number US2023034317
Publication Number 2024/073144
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-02
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Pinheiro, Ana, Lucia
  • Jaksa, Robert
  • Lim, Stephie

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for managing a multipath connection. A user device may maintain a network path of multiple network paths based on the streaming data that the user device transmits.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 45/24 - Multipath
  • H04L 43/16 - Threshold monitoring
  • H04L 43/08 - Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
  • H04L 45/302 - Route determination based on requested QoS

31.

LATENCY REDUCTION FOR PRIMARY CELL SWITCHING

      
Application Number US2023033989
Publication Number 2024/072969
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-28
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Park, Kyungmin
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk

Abstract

A base station may communicate with a wireless device. A message may be used to indicate information for a layer 1 and/or layer 2 triggered mobility (LTM) procedure. For example, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) may indicate various information such as a target cell for the LTM procedure, whether to perform a random access (RA) procedure toward a target cell, a TA value, a bandwidth part (BWP) of BWPs of the target cell, and/or other information associated with the LTM procedure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/00 - Handoff or reselecting arrangements

32.

POWER HEADROOM REPORT FOR FAST PRIMARY CELL SWITCHING

      
Application Number US2023034174
Publication Number 2024/073081
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-29
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Park, Kyungmin

Abstract

A wireless device may receive a message indicating that it is to switch cells, such as in a handover process, and the wireless device may take steps to switch cells. The time needed for making the switch can depend on, for example, the time it takes the wireless device to process that message, and different types of messages (e.g., messages at a media access control - MAC - layer) may be processed more quickly than others. A wireless device may quickly cancel a triggered power headroom report (PHR) procedure for an old cell, and trigger a PHR for a new cell, based on receiving such a message. The canceling and/or triggering may be performed even without resetting a MAC entity of the wireless device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

33.

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HANDLING END-TO-END ENCRYPTION

      
Application Number US2023034316
Publication Number 2024/073143
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-02
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Pinheiro, Ana Lucia
  • Jaksa, Robert
  • Lim, Stephie

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for handling end-to-end encryption are described. A user device may send encrypted data to a server via a proxy using an encryption key shared with multiple network nodes across multiple layers.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 9/14 - Arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols using a plurality of keys or algorithms
  • H04L 9/08 - Key distribution
  • H04L 12/22 - Arrangements for preventing the taking of data from a data transmission channel without authorisation
  • H04L 12/46 - Interconnection of networks

34.

MAGNITUDE SYMBOL DETERMINATION FOR ENCODING AND DECODING

      
Application Number US2023033212
Publication Number 2024/064183
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-20
Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Filippov, Alexey Konstantinovich
  • Rufitskiy, Vasily Alexeevich
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi

Abstract

Encoding and/or decoding a block of a video frame may be based on a previously decoded reference block in the same frame or a different frame. The reference block may be indicated by a block vector (BV). A block vector difference (BVD) predictor may be used to make predictions about the symbols of one or more magnitude components of a BVD. A quantity of symbols used for BVD magnitude prediction may be limited. The limited quantity of symbols used for prediction may be allocated to one or more of the magnitude components. Allocation of the symbols used for BVD magnitude prediction may be based on the total quantity of symbols used for BVD magnitude prediction and the respective quantities of symbols available for prediction of each of the magnitude components. Symbols of a motion vector difference (MVD) likewise may be predicted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/463 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process by compressing encoding parameters before transmission
  • H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

35.

SIGN CODING AND DECODING USING PREDICTION

      
Application Number US2023032263
Publication Number 2024/054609
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-08
Publication Date 2024-03-14
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Filippov, Alexey Konstantinovich
  • Rufitskiy, Vasily Alexeevich
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi

Abstract

Encoding and/or decoding a block of a video frame may be based on a previously decoded reference block in the same frame or a different frame. The reference block may be indicated by a block vector (BV). A block vector difference (BVD) predictor may be used to make predictions about whether the sign of a BVD is positive or negative. The sign of a BVD may be predicted based on a range of values for a magnitude of the BVD and independent of a precise value for the magnitude of the BVD. A motion vector difference (MVD) predictor may be used to make predictions about the sign of an MVD. The MVD may be used with a motion vector predictor (MVP) to indicate a motion vector (MV).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/154 - Measured or subjectively estimated visual quality after decoding, e.g. measurement of distortion
  • H04N 19/169 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

36.

MAGNITUDE PREDICTION WITH CANDIDATE PRUNING

      
Application Number US2023030854
Publication Number 2024/044207
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-08-22
Publication Date 2024-02-29
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Rufitskiy, Vasily Alexeevich
  • Filippov, Alexey Konstantinovich
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi

Abstract

Encoding and/or decoding a block of a video frame may be based on a previously decoded reference block in the same frame or a different frame. The reference block may be indicated by a block vector (BV). A block vector difference (BVD) predictor may be used to make predictions about the magnitude of a BVD. The BVD predictor may be selected from BVD candidates, which may be pruned based on costs associated with them. Pruning the BVD candidates may improve additional predictions and thus improve the compression efficiency of the predictions. A motion vector difference (MVD) predictor may be used to make predictions about the magnitude of an MVD. The MVD may be used with a motion vector predictor (MVP) to indicate a motion vector (MV).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

37.

MANAGING TRANSMISSION RESOURCES

      
Application Number CN2022086585
Publication Number 2023/197204
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-13
Publication Date 2023-10-19
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Xu, Kan
  • Wang, Qiang
  • Zhang, Xue
  • Wu, Lei

Abstract

Methods are described for managing transmission resources using user group correlation. A content provider or an advertiser may send, to a network provider, a content item that is to be transmitted to a target audience. The content provider or the advertiser may indicate the target audience by providing data identifying one or more criteria for the target audience. The network provider may use the data from the content provider to determine an initial user group that matches the criteria, and one or more additional user groups that are similar to the initial user group within a threshold. The network provider may transmit the content item to the initial user group and to the additional user groups.

IPC Classes  ?

38.

RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR OVERLAPPING TRANSMISSIONS

      
Application Number US2023012480
Publication Number 2023/150372
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-07
Publication Date 2023-08-10
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Prasad, Gautham
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Xu, Kai

Abstract

A wireless device may communicate with a base station by using overlapping transmissions. A transmission such as a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission (e.g., comprising uplink control information (UCI)) may be multiplexed in a repetition of a transmission such as a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. Information such as a channel state information (CSI) report may be multiplexed in a repetition of a transmission such as a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. A rule may be applied to indicate/determine which repetition, of a plurality of repetitions, comprises multiplexed information (e.g., which PUSCH repetition comprises UCI). The rule may comprise including the multiplexed information in a transmission associated with at least one of: a lowest (or highest) frequency or range of frequencies, a lowest (or highest) starting (or ending) resource block, a lowest (or highest) transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state, a lowest (or highest) TCI state index, a lowest (or highest) panel or panel index, and/or any other parameter/indicator that may differentiate a transmission (including the multiplexed information) from other transmission(s). A transmission such as a power headroom report may be multiplexed in a transmission such as a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. A rule may be applied to indicate/determine a value/parameter associated with a transmission. For example, the rule may be used to indicate/determine a value of a power headroom report that may indicate a pathloss reference signal used to determine the power headroom report. The rule may comprise indicating/determining a value/parameter associated with a transmission using at least one of: a lowest (or highest) frequency or range of frequencies, a lowest (or highest) starting (or ending) resource block, a lowest (or highest) transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state, a lowest (or highest) TCI state index, a lowest (or highest) panel or panel index, and/or any other parameter/indicator that may differentiate transmissions. Overlapping transmissions may comprise a plurality of transmissions of a same type/channel, such as a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, etc. A rule may be applied to indicate/determine power prioritization for the overlapping transmissions. For example, a rule may be used to indicate which of overlapping transmissions of a same type/channel (e.g., PUSCH, PUCCH, etc.) may be dropped or transmitted using a reduced power if the overlapping transmissions would otherwise exceed a power threshold. The rule may comprise indicating/determining power prioritization for overlapping transmissions based on at least one of: a lowest (or highest) frequency or range of frequencies, a lowest (or highest) starting (or ending) resource block, a lowest (or highest) transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state, a lowest (or highest) TCI state index, a lowest (or highest) panel or panel index, and/or any other parameter/indicator that may differentiate overlapping transmissions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/18 - Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/1607 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals - Details of the supervisory signal
  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end
  • H04L 1/1867 - Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
  • H04B 7/00 - Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field

39.

DETERMINATION OF BLOCK VECTOR PREDICTOR CANDIDATE LIST

      
Application Number US2023010476
Publication Number 2023/133346
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-01-10
Publication Date 2023-07-13
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Ruiz Coll, Damian
  • Filippov, Alexey Konstantinovich
  • Rufitskiy, Vasily Alexeevich

Abstract

Encoding and/or decoding a block of a video frame may be based on a previously decoded reference block in the same frame or in a different frame. The reference block may be indicated by a block vector (BV). The BV may be encoded as a difference between a block vector predictor (BVP) and the BV. A list of BVP candidates may be generated and/or augmented based on a decoded region of a video frame and/or dimensions of the block. For example, zero-valued candidate BVPs, in the list, may be replaced with other candidate BVPs generated based on a decoded region of a video frame and/or dimensions of the block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/55 - Motion estimation with spatial constraints, e.g. at image or region borders

40.

UNIFIED TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR STATE INDICATION

      
Application Number US2022054264
Publication Number 2023/129661
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-12-29
Publication Date 2023-07-06
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Cagatay Cirik, Ali
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Hejazi Dinan, Esmael
  • Xu, Kai

Abstract

A wireless device and a base station may use resources for wireless communications. One or more unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state(s) may be indicated using a parameter, field, message, and/or signaling. The unified TCI state(s) may be associated with physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource (or a PUCCH resource group). The unified TCI state(s) may be applied for communications, via the PUCCH resource, between the wireless device and the base station for which at least two unified TCI states may be activated. The unified TCI state(s) may be associated with control resource set (CORESET). The unified TCI state(s) may be applied for communications, via the CORESET, between the wireless device and the base station for which at least two unified TCI states may be activated. The unified TCI state may be indicated by downlink control information (DCI) scheduling reception of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal. The unified TCI state(s) may be applied for communication, of the PDSCH signal, between the wireless device and the base station for which at least two unified TCI states may be activated. The unified TCI state may be associated with a reference signal resource (or a reference signal resource set). The unified TCI state may be applied for communications, via a reference signal of the reference signal resource set, between the wireless device and the base station for which at least two unified TCI states may be activated. Communication described herein may be performed without requiring additional signaling to configure parameters for such communication.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/024 - Co-operative use of antennas at several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

41.

RESOURCE GROUPING FOR TRANSMISSION REPETITION

      
Application Number US2023010058
Publication Number 2023/130121
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-01-03
Publication Date 2023-07-06
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi

Abstract

A wireless device may be configured with resources to communicate with a base station. At least two transmission and reception points may be used to transmit one or more repetitions using resources, such as sounding reference signal (SRS) resources. Repetition may be prioritized over single transmission based on availability of the resources. For example, transmission of a lower priority type of information configured with resources for repetition may be prioritized over transmission of a higher priority type of information that is configured with resources for only a single transmission, such that increased utilization of repetition may be achieved.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

42.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING, TRACKING, AND INSERTING CONTENT

      
Application Number CN2021124645
Publication Number 2023/065106
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-19
Publication Date 2023-04-27
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Jiang, Linlin
  • Zhang, Xue
  • Wang, Qiang
  • Cao, Yu
  • Zhang, Qi

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for message classification and management. A message may indicate a request for placement of a content item, such as an advertisement or advertisement campaign, into one or more content streams. A message ID associated with the message may be converted to a bit vector to compare to one or more filter data sets. The comparison of the bit vector to the filter data sets may determine whether the message may correspond to a previous message, such as a previous advertisement or advertisement campaign. The message may be classified as a new message or an update message.

IPC Classes  ?

43.

VIDEO COMPRESSION USING BLOCK VECTOR PREDICTOR REFINEMENT

      
Application Number US2022045388
Publication Number 2023/056018
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-09-30
Publication Date 2023-04-06
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Coll, Damian Ruiz
  • Bae, Tae Meon

Abstract

Encoding and/or decoding a block of a video frame may be based on a previously decoded reference block in the same frame or in a different frame. The reference block may be indicated by a block vector (BV). The BV may be encoded as difference between a block vector predictor (BVP) and the BV. The BVP may be adjusted to improve prediction accuracy of the BVP.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/55 - Motion estimation with spatial constraints, e.g. at image or region borders

44.

TIMING ADVANCE REPORTING IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS

      
Application Number US2022045362
Publication Number 2023/056005
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-09-30
Publication Date 2023-04-06
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Dashtaki, Mohammad Ghadir Khoshkholgh
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk

Abstract

Timing advance (TA) reporting may be used in wireless communications. TA reporting information may be provided by a wireless device to align timing between the wireless device and a base station, such as in a non-terrestrial network. TA reporting information may be sent via a scheduling report (SR) procedure, a buffer status report (BSR) procedure, and/or a random access (RA) procedure. To avoid unnecessary transmissions of TA reporting information, TA reporting may be canceled based on one or more of a receipt of a timing offset and/or an expiration of a timer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/185 - Space-based or airborne stations
  • H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements
  • H04W 72/12 - Wireless traffic scheduling
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 74/08 - Non-scheduled access, e.g. random access, ALOHA or CSMA [Carrier Sense Multiple Access]

45.

GENERATING UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS

      
Application Number CN2020124688
Publication Number 2022/087946
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-29
Publication Date 2022-05-05
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Cao, Yu
  • Wang, Qiang
  • Yang, Fan
  • Lu, Wenjing
  • Ma, Ruofei

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for display processing including an apparatus, e.g., a display processor. In some aspects, the apparatus may store one or more pixel conversion factors for at least one display panel. The apparatus may also determine whether to switch from a previous frame refresh rate to an updated frame refresh rate at the at least one display panel. Additionally, the apparatus may identify, upon determining to switch from the previous frame refresh rate to the updated frame refresh rate, a pixel conversion factor of the one or more pixel conversion factors associated with the updated frame refresh rate. The apparatus may also refresh the at least one display panel based on the updated frame refresh rate associated the pixel conversion factor.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 3/048 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
  • G06F 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled

46.

RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR NON-CONNECTED STATE

      
Application Number US2021044626
Publication Number 2022/031902
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-08-05
Publication Date 2022-02-10
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Kim, Taehun
  • Park, Kyungmin
  • Park, Jonghyun
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay

Abstract

Data may be communicated during a connected state of the wireless device using configured resources. The wireless device may transition to a non-connected state (e.g., an inactive state, an idle state, a radio resource control (RRC)_INACTIVE state, and/or an RRC_IDLE state). A release message, for transitioning the wireless device from the connected state, may indicate at least one resource for the wireless device to use to be able to send and/or receive data in the non-connected state. The at least one resource may be different from resources used in the connected state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 76/27 - Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
  • H04W 76/30 - Connection release

47.

TRANSMISSION REPETITION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

      
Application Number US2021042926
Publication Number 2022/020694
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-07-23
Publication Date 2022-01-27
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Cirik, Ali Cagatay
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Yi, Yunjung
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Park, Jonghyun

Abstract

A base station and/or a wireless device may communicate using a plurality of transmission beams. Multiple transmission beams may be used for transmission such that a message may be sent via different transmission beams. Multiple transmission beams may be used for sending multiple repetitions of the message or for sending different portions of the message.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04L 1/08 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system

48.

CONFIGURATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN INACTIVE OR IDLE STATES

      
Application Number US2021039030
Publication Number 2021/263076
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-25
Publication Date 2021-12-30
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Kim, Taehun
  • Park, Kyungmin
  • Yi, Yunjung
  • Zhou, Hua

Abstract

Data may be communicated during a connected state of the wireless device using configured resources. The wireless device may transition to an inactive state and/or an idle state. A release message, for transitioning the wireless device from the connected state, may indicate resource information for the wireless device to use to be able to send and/or receive data in the inactive state and/or in the idle state.

IPC Classes  ?

49.

EXPOSURE DETECTION AND REPORTING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

      
Application Number US2021022902
Publication Number 2021/188764
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-18
Publication Date 2021-09-23
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Dinan, Esmael, Hejazi
  • Yi, Yunjung
  • Cirik, Ali, Cagatay
  • Xu, Kai
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Park, Jonghyun

Abstract

Wireless communications may use one or more devices for transmission and/or reception that may lead to potentially harmful exposure. One or more safety measures may be used for wireless communication devices, such as maximum power exposure (MPE) reporting and/or related operations. A time window may be used to detect a quantity of exposure instances. A message may be sent indicating exposure, for example, based on a quantity of exposure events during the time window satisfying a threshold. An MPE report may be sent based on MPE detection and one or more messages, such as for cell activation, bandwidth part (BWP) or other wireless resource activation and/or switching, and/or a discontinuous reception (DRX) or other state transition. An MPE report may be on a per-panel basis using a power headroom report (PHR) such that a panel-specific MPE report may be kept pending until sent in a PHR report.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/42 - TPC being performed in particular situations in systems with time, space, frequency or polarisation diversity
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 1/3827 - Portable transceivers
  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports
  • H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets

50.

SCHEDULING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

      
Application Number US2021020027
Publication Number 2021/174084
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-02-26
Publication Date 2021-09-02
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Yi, Yunjung
  • Dinan, Esmael
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Cirik, Ali
  • Hui, Bing
  • Xu, Kai
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk

Abstract

Control information may be used to schedule communications between a wireless device and a base station. The wireless device may monitor control channels associated with one or more cells to receive the control information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/12 - Wireless traffic scheduling
  • H04L 1/18 - Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

51.

COMMUNICATION CHANNEL FAILURE DETECTION AND RECOVERY

      
Application Number US2020053531
Publication Number 2021/067426
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-30
Publication Date 2021-04-08
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Cirik, Ali
  • Dinan, Esmael
  • Yi, Yunjung
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk

Abstract

A wireless device may perform a listen-before transmit (LBT) procedure for an uplink transmission. An LBT failure recovery procedure may be initiated based on a failure of one or more LBT procedures. The LBT failure recovery procedure may be aborted and/or canceled based on one or more conditions, such as receiving configuration (or reconfiguration) parameters, receiving an indication of a bandwidth part switching, deactivating a cell, and/or receiving a request to set (or reset) a communication layer of the wireless device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 74/08 - Non-scheduled access, e.g. random access, ALOHA or CSMA [Carrier Sense Multiple Access]

52.

BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY REQUEST TRANSMISSION

      
Application Number US2018046368
Publication Number 2019/033072
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-08-10
Publication Date 2019-02-14
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Zhou, Hua
  • Dinan, Esmael
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Park, Kyungmin
  • Babaei, Alireza

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Beam failure recovery (BFR) may be used for recovering a beam pair link between a base station and a wireless device. A wireless device and/or a base station may detect a beam failure and determine a type of BFR procedure, resources for the BFR procedure, and a transmission power for the BFR procedure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/34 - TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading
  • H04W 52/44 - TPC being performed in particular situations in connection with interruption of transmission
  • H04B 17/382 - Monitoring; Testing of propagation channels for resource allocation, admission control or handover
  • H04W 74/00 - Wireless channel access, e.g. scheduled or random access
  • H04W 52/24 - TPC being performed according to specific parameters using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters

53.

RANDOM ACCESS PROCESS IN NEW RADIO

      
Application Number US2018023886
Publication Number 2018/175809
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-22
Publication Date 2018-09-27
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
  • Jeon, Hyoungsuk
  • Park, Kyungmin

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Random access procedures may include various types of procedures, such as four-step or two-step random access procedures. One or more indicators may be included in one or more messages for a handover to indicate a type of a random access procedure. Additionally or alternatively, one or more indicators for transmission power may be used to determine a random access procedure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 74/08 - Non-scheduled access, e.g. random access, ALOHA or CSMA [Carrier Sense Multiple Access]

54.

GRANT VALIDATION IN A WIRELESS DEVICE AND WIRELESS NETWORK

      
Application Number US2017045754
Publication Number 2018/031473
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-08-07
Publication Date 2018-02-15
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Alireza, Babaei
  • Dinan, Esmael

Abstract

A wireless device receives one or more messages. The one or more messages may comprise a first RNTI for a first SPS and a second for a second SPS. A downlink control information (DCI) corresponding to one of the first RNTI or the second RNTI may be received. The DCI may be validated, at least based on a cyclic shift value associated with the DCI, if the DCI corresponds to the first RNTI. Otherwise, the DCI may be validated without considering the cyclic shift value. One of the first SPS or the second SPS, corresponding to the DCI, may be activated in response to the validating being successful.

IPC Classes  ?

55.

DISTRIBUTED DATA ACCESS CONTROL

      
Application Number US2017031497
Publication Number 2017/196701
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-05-08
Publication Date 2017-11-16
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Joseph, Sony
  • Heller, Jonathan

Abstract

Systems for distributed controlled access to data stored across a plurality of sources are disclosed. A plurality of content providers maintain user databases. A first distributed database contains a master identifier for each user of each content provider. Stored in relation to the master identifier are the locations of the user's data in each of the content providers. A second distributed database comprises data identifying for each of the users, entities that are authorized to access the user's data. In response to a request from an entity, the second database is queried and, based upon access rights data, user's whose data the requesting entity may view are determined. The first distributed database is queried to determine for the identified user, the location of user data. The data is retrieved and stored at a location accessible by the entity. The second distributed database is updated to record the data access.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 17/30 - Information retrieval; Database structures therefor
  • G06F 21/60 - Protecting data
  • G06F 21/62 - Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules

56.

SELECTING ADAPTIVE SECONDARY CONTENT BASED ON A PROFILE OF PRIMARY CONTENT

      
Application Number SG2015050279
Publication Number 2016/032399
Status In Force
Filing Date 2015-08-26
Publication Date 2016-03-03
Owner
  • AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH (Singapore)
  • NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC (USA)
  • COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Ng, Sheau
  • Reale, Jeffrey
  • Mckenzie, Shannon
  • Yau, Wei Yun
  • Roy, Sujoy
  • Wan, Kong-Wah
  • Ahmad, Mohammad Khalid Bin

Abstract

A content adaptation method includes: obtaining a primary metadata profile associated with a particular time point of primary content; obtaining secondary metadata profiles each associated with corresponding secondary content of a plurality of secondary content; identifying one of the plurality of secondary content associated with a secondary metadata profile having a desired similarity value with the primary metadata profile associated with the primary content; and matching the identified secondary content with the particular time point of the primary content.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
  • G06F 7/06 - Arrangements for sorting, selecting, merging, or comparing data on individual record carriers
  • G06F 17/30 - Information retrieval; Database structures therefor
  • H04N 7/00 - Television systems

57.

TARGETED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION OVER A NETWORK

      
Application Number US2014063512
Publication Number 2015/066519
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-10-31
Publication Date 2015-05-07
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Ziring, Stephen

Abstract

A computing device may be configured to provide authorization to a first content source to provide first content to a user device. The computing device may receive a request from the first content source to identify a location of second content to be presented to the user device and respond to the request by providing an address to the first content source. At the provided address, a request for the second content from the user device may be received. When responding to the request, the computing device may retrieve information associated with the user (e.g., user preference information) from the user device. Using this information, the computing device may generate at least one parameter for selecting the second contend and send a response to the user device. The response may include an address for the second content and the at least one parameter for selecting the second content.

IPC Classes  ?

58.

LATENCY-BASED ROUTING AND LOAD BALANCING IN A NETWORK

      
Application Number IB2013000150
Publication Number 2013/114198
Status In Force
Filing Date 2013-02-06
Publication Date 2013-08-08
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Patterson, Katherine, E.
  • Beenham, Nicholas, C.
  • Elamthuruthy, Joy, Mathew

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure relate to routing queries to a network repository and load balancing in a network. For a network repository having a plurality of content storage sites, relative replication latency of data among a pair of content storages sites can be monitored. Data indicative of such replication latency can be distributed among the content storage sites and can be provided, for example, to a network node in a system layer. A traffic and control manager can determine routing pathways for queries based at least in part on the relative replication latency data and performance conditions of network nodes.

IPC Classes  ?

59.

VIDEO CONTENT GENERATION

      
Application Number US2011021373
Publication Number 2012/096674
Status In Force
Filing Date 2011-01-14
Publication Date 2012-07-19
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Vrbas, Austin J.
  • Holden, Daniel E.

Abstract

The features relate generally to acquiring, formatting, and distributing video content to a variety of devices in multiple geographies. Some features described herein relate to preserving the stereoscopic effect for the formatting and distribution of 3D video content. Additionally, features described herein relate to customized and/or dynamic generation of a 3D stream based on a user device and/or user preferences.

IPC Classes  ?

60.

MULTI-MODE MODEM

      
Application Number US2011034160
Publication Number 2011/137174
Status In Force
Filing Date 2011-04-27
Publication Date 2011-11-03
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Urban, David
  • Salinger, Jorge

Abstract

A modem system may include modems that have multiple upstream transmitters for transmitting signals upstream in a communication network. In some embodiments herein, one or more of those upstream transmitters may be retasked to transmit downstream signals for reception at devices within a modem's premises. The downstream signal may be modulated differently from its original modulation as received by the modem, and may be modulated in a manner that can be received by legacy components on the premises, such as analog televisions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 1/38 - Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
  • H04L 5/16 - Half-duplex systems; Simplex/duplex switching; Transmission of break signals

61.

INBOUND CALL SCREENING FOR PARTICULAR ACCOUNTS

      
Application Number US2010031616
Publication Number 2011/133135
Status In Force
Filing Date 2010-04-19
Publication Date 2011-10-27
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Li, Chia-Chang
  • Boone, Jon
  • Jimenez, Jaime
  • Kennedy, Chris

Abstract

A system and method for improving the handling, management, and retention of particular accounts. An allowable calling number list is generated via a suitable mechanism such as a call center. The allowable calling number list is utilized by telephone number management server to manage inbound call access to suspended accounts. Account representatives are given access to the suspended numbers. Additionally, certain emergency inbound calls may be permitted from select numbers.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04M 11/00 - Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems

62.

VIEWING AND RECORDING STREAMS

      
Application Number US2011032463
Publication Number 2011/130496
Status In Force
Filing Date 2011-04-14
Publication Date 2011-10-20
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Fahrny, James William
  • Patel, Mehul S.

Abstract

A system and method of providing content in a digital video network are disclosed. The system may detect the resolution capability of a user's device, and automatically configure electronic program guide (EPG), viewing and/or recording options accordingly. User preferences may also be used. Record and viewing requests may result in tuning to and decoding different datastreams.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 5/91 - Television signal processing therefor

63.

VIDEO CONTENT DISTRIBUTION

      
Application Number US2011021377
Publication Number 2011/126586
Status In Force
Filing Date 2011-01-14
Publication Date 2011-10-13
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Holden, Daniel E.
  • Vbras, Austin J.
  • Francisco, Mark David
  • Harrell, Mike
  • Baker, Robert

Abstract

A stereoscopic production solution, e.g., for live events, that provides 3D video asset distribution to multiple devices and networks is described. In some embodiments, live or recorded 3D video content may be accessible by different service providers with different subscribers/users and protocols across a network of the content provider. A first video signal corresponding to a first video feed for one eye of a viewer may be received and a second video signal corresponding to a second video feed for the second eye of the viewer may be received. The first video signal and the second video signal may be encoded. The encoded first video signal and the encoded second video signal may be transmitted independently over a network. The two video signals may be received and frame synced at an off-site location for eventual rendering to a display device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs

64.

CONTROL PLANE ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTICAST CACHE-FILL

      
Application Number US2010048974
Publication Number 2011/034955
Status In Force
Filing Date 2010-09-15
Publication Date 2011-03-24
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Mao, Weidong
  • Salinger, Jorge

Abstract

A multicast content delivery system can use both multicast and unicast streams to efficiently use available bandwidth to deliver content. Available multicast content can be identified to gateways serving consumption devices, and the gateways can receive requests for unicast content deliver, but honor the requests with multicast group sessions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 7/16 - Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems

65.

DYNAMIC CONTENT PACKAGING

      
Application Number US2010048975
Publication Number 2011/034956
Status In Force
Filing Date 2010-09-15
Publication Date 2011-03-24
Owner COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Mao, Weidong
  • Sree, Kotay

Abstract

To be accessed on different media players, requested content must be delivered in a format that is supported by the requesting device. A dynamic content packager for encrypting and packaging requested content for different requesting devices at the time of consumption is disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 15/173 - Interprocessor communication using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star or snowflake